The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-20 00:00:00

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COGNAC, BRANDY. ril'ElliL ePl ebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest It ii 'lull BRANDY, nre, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. kioid the '3, „ n Bottles, 3s. 8d ,at the Retail Houses in London ;by 4ett t s i n the principal towns in England ; or wholesale THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 20, 1864. N°. 22,461. PRICE--.....4d. STAMPED'....Sd. 0 , 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET , W. 4.l6'serve the Red Seal Pink Label, and Cork branded uaan's LL URNI ETRE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First-class goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select from, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted. CI , EHGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and . are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo ado'-able engravings of every description o f Furniture and k.e.osteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gt atis and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised cale Naval and Military Intelligence. British Policy in Japan, Death of the Rev. Canon Cureton, D e D., F, R, S, NGLISH AND FOREIGN CREDIT COMPANY (Limited). r,„,NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, that the SHARE liv ery of this Company will be ready for de- Tuf,Y , in exchange 'for the Bankers' receipt, on and after )..uRSDAY, the z3d June next, at the Offices of the Corn F . l & , !. 3, Wincllester-buildings, Great Winchester-street, Lot'd Grey has given notice of the following reso lutions fur Friday, July 1:- 1. That the relations between this country and Japan appear to this house to be at presont in a highly unsatisfac tory state. _ _ _ " 1.40 r,m. " The Kears?ge has just sunk tl:e Alabama. An English yacht has saved the crcri." We are informed by a gentiernm connected with the firm of Messrs. Saunders and Otley, who saw Captain Semmes at Cherbourg yesterday, that the Alabama was to go out to fight the Kearsage to-day, and with this intention Captain Semmes confided to this gentleman his journals and other doatments connected with the cruises of the Ainhawa. By order, DAVID S. DERRY, Secretary. 2. That it is shown by the papers laid before Parliament by command of her Majesty that the treaty concluded be tween her Majesty and the Tycoon of Japan on the 26th of August, 1858, gives to British subjects in Japarirights and privileges which the Government of that country was avowedly reluctant to grant, and was ony induced to con fer upon them through dread of British naval and military p ewer. Ju n , ie u . t, 1864. A Six-roomed Parsonage An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto A Twelve-roomed dltto l9l 11 0 1 1 111 E CREDIT MOBILIER (Limited), 80, Lombard-street, E.C. Capital, ZlOOO,OOO, in 20,000 Shares of £5O each. Subs:ribed Capital, £500,000, in 10,000 Shares. DIRECTORS. I, C hairman—The Right lion. James Stuart Wortley. l e pon. T. C. Ha'iburton, John Westmorland. Eeq. I e I Edward Warner, Esq., M.P. eAdoander Dunbar, Esq. I Char.es Ellis, Esq. phe Hakim, Esq James Levick, Esq. Charles E. Newbon, Esq : I Henry Pownall, Esq. MANAGER. Albert Grant, Esq. Up •"'S' BANKERS. I s S• Masterman, Peters, Mildred, and Co. London. Ills Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, London. Company is prepared to negotiate Government and tiel pal Loans, and to a id i n carrying out Concessions. Po, Make a d vances on approved securities. I Jio. e ffect the purcha se an d sa l e o f Sh ares , Stocks, &a , and °l,ansact financial business generally. to receive money on de b posit, for BRIEF or EX ED periods, on terms to e agreed upon. Co mmunications to be made to the Manager. THOMAS SHORT, Secretary. Temporary Offices, 80, Lombard-street, London. E.C. CREDIT FONCIER (Limited), 80, Lombard -street, E.C. Capital, £1,000,030, in 20,0 - 0 Shares of £5O each. Subscribed Capital, £500,000, in 10,000 Shares. DIRECTORS. Chairman—The Right Hon. James Stuart Wortley. Deputy Chairma• -James Eevick, Esq. T he lion. T. C. lialiburton, Adolphe Hakim, Esq. I.p. Henry ['mini', Esq., J.P. "-ward Warner, Esq.)P. John Westmorland, Esq. ~Alexander Dunbar, Charles E. Newbon, Esq. L harles Film, Eeq. MANAGER. Albert Grant, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. Masterman, Peters, Mildred, and Co. Bank of London. b e 'r e l i i la Company advances money on the deposit of Title I aPproved Freehold or Leasehold Property in Great with or without rezular Mortgage. Laarantees Titles or Securities, and, as Agent, negotiates ron Mortgage, for long or short periods ; also, at N " e ives Money on Deposit for FIXED PERIODS ONLT, Communications rates to be agreed upon. ' ' °ra munications to be addressed to the Manager. ALFRED LOWE, Secretary. porary Office. SO, Lombard-street, E.C. A.D. 1720. 11, 13 YAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FoR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. " E°II GE PEARKES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. S h JOHN HENRY BELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. WiiMOt Holland, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. Hon. Josceline W. Percy. Charles Robinson, Esq. Rent,' Ilainbridge, Esq. Ilob ert Barclay, Esq. afz)lirt Garratt Cattley, x.(l v„.Mark Currie Close, E' c l• ATv Davidson, Esq. o nlas Dent, Es' r re , ci T der Drtice, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Itly e :* Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith , Es q . P o b `sciale Grenfell, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. Ain adeus Heath, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. j a ;;- , Tetlow Hibbert Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. • Stewart Hodgson'Esq . . ' Medical Referee, SaurrEr. SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. ppusual fifteen days allowed for payment of en " M PREMIUMS falling due at Midsummer will expire 9th July. and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected With this Et°rPoraon on advantageous terms. FARMING-STOCK.—No e tra charge is made for the use "' a Steam Thrashing Machine. p_The Reversionary Bonus on British Life Policies has aye 4ged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums k'aYable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. This Corporation affords to the Assured— Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice,—with the security of an Office whoee resourcea have been teatcrl by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. WRITIN G.—Mr. MACCREANOR teaches Ladies and Gentlemen Fashionable WRITING in t en finishing lessons. Adults who cannot write at a ll ma y correspond l . l ;; by post in a few weeks. Satisfaction be f o re pay te,,n',• Reference to families of distinction. -14, Connaught 'race, Edgware-road. PIGS! PIGS! PIGS!-INDIAN PIG MEAL, without husks, supplied to the Royal farms, Windsor, equ a l n every county in England, 10s 6cl per cwt. ; one cwt. to 1 1barley or any meal. Delivered free in Lon /°_n• Established 1858.—THomAs PEARCE, Manager, 66, Pant -street, Southwark. FOUR PENNY PACKETS of HARPER TYVELVETREES' GLYCERINE SOAP POWDER all a sheets,of Soap will wash fiftv counterpanes in six t hl V e a, and shirts, table linen, (tc., in half the usu 1 Sol d 'l7 B eeGoulder's Report, Chelsea, Laundry, S.W. L on , ,, Y grocers and drug,gists Works, Bromley-by-Bow, E. ItOUND SHOULDERS, STOOPING HABITS, e ll and DEFORMITIES are prevented and cured 17 DLIMPROVED CHEST-EXPA.NDIN6r voi,'ES, for bo h sexes, of all ages. They strengthen the / ne ' n " ,i ,lid lungs, relieve indigestion, and are especially_ recoma perrela to children for assisting the growth and producing stay s ' L BYrametrical figure, superseding the old braces and pa_Ph Berners-street Oxford-street, W. Illustrated forwarded. REASANT REARING for 1864. AR ET CHAMBERLIN's AROMATIC SPANISH MEAL, Pared jt , RICE. PELLET, D. S. MEAT GREAVES, pre food CAYCAR EXCELSIOR, is the most efficacious and d satearinm and feeding Game, prevent in g g a p es, snarls, fro m h,, 01 1 Feeding* and the proper Management of Game, the n o bl e it uing to m.turity, with over 200 testi non'als from cei Y and aamekeepers, with prices, posted free on re ptof two sta-nls, by Mr. James Chamberlin, Spanish Wine Merchant nr2posite the Exchange, Norwich. all fi„ 'unEtt IN'S CANADIAN POULTRY MEAL for Thi s - Year round, 16s per cwt., including The use of 'n° ll keeps the chickens in perfect health; and the in teotse of zs? GreavV, of the richest colour and flavour, is marvelVus. 10s. per cwt. Please state price when ordering'. lkr,;, l.— Advices received daily of the efficacy of the Spanish pheasa and Cacars. One gentleman writ several diedmy young th at last season were sickly, and ; t f, , Were strong enough to eat your Spanish Meal recov ered Ivvo days, and became fine and beautiful birds." E EDI. ESK ELL'S INVENTION in 1 4-, the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the °wing advantages :—A set or teeth, of excellent work- t s; ' atiship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the most perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without Pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes (3 t mastication and articulation. They are fitted without Wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the bms, that they are quite immoveable, except at the option of the wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad- Just these teeth to many changes of the month without the aid of a dentist. They are not eo liable to injury, are always Useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. Eskall's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultations tree.-B,Grosvenor street, Bond-street, W ; and at 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir ittingliam. DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre- Pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. ''Cott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who tilffer from bilious and liver enmp laints, indi g estion, wind, j a sl, giddiness, dizzinee of the eyes, Sze. For habitual I stiv enesg, as a family aperient me dicine, and as a purifier 0 ti the blood, they are truly excell e nt ; mild in their opera -2n and zr a t e f u l t o the stomach, they creates ppetite, pro- Ce digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. tiiron, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. , and three the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Bilious and Liver Pills. The ge nuine arc a square 0,2 1 Package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the ?ERSONS SEEKING LANDED Pi tß i.,-LATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES , , HOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND TRER 12 IBS GENERALLY— thr.: ,E GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls ( 1 3 1 ,Snout the kinc , dom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, p Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and 11. Lumley's of l i n EE PROpERTT nEGISTER," containing a varied selection th e 'nded and house properties now in the market, from cot„Tiobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the ege with its few acres. br ae Nv o N ,E,Rs OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em brace Lae opportunity that the medium of this Register 8 at cea, n by sending the particulars of their properties to the 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. inleY can in most cases introduce immediate customers, here the property is of an eligible chara ter, thereby avoid- Ye" hie t t l e e es disadyantag,es of delay and its attendant incon- Ta— • ch as is NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur a,„ ; 7 is introduced througth Messrs. Lumley 's Agency, , en only the usual moderate commission. and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. ItOYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road , in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail -4Y terminus, King's-cross. vie P atron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. / - Patron—Hi s Royal Highness the Prince of WA LE S,K.G Pr esident—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. '''. The numerous and urgent appeals of thck si:•.k poor for ad sisn compel the Committee to entreat the bounty of the ,0, lent and humane, as the medical officers are dai l y obliged rno treat as out-patients many dtstresiing cases which, with Th e re adequate tunds, they would gladly admit into the wards. bed &Premises of the Hospital are capable of containing 500 The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on Z I contributions and legacies, which are received by T reasurer, Edward Alas terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also 'AY_ Wears. C ou tt s an d Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and ; Ransom and Co.;Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, aYne, and C o . ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay : l f , d Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W Mame, Deacon, and Co. ; ,yerond, Gurney, an d Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ; t he terraan and Co.;I. Barred and Co., Liverpool ; and a n "Pital, from 10 till 5. STANFORD O. SMITIE Secretary, Now ready at all the Libraries , in 3 vols., N T DE AD YE T. By J. C. JEAFFRESON, Author of "Live it Down," &c. " Mr. Jeaffreson's present novel is in every respect satis factory. I, has a well-contrived, well-built up piot ;it is carefully written, and has a • olidAy and force that impres the reader with a sen-e of the real ty of the story. We hive read it through with interest, and can recommend it to our readers. It is a pleasant, healthy book."— Athenatum. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. AGGREGATE SALE 26,000. BENTLEY'S FAVOURITE NOVELS. Two Illustrations in each Volume. QUITS. By the Author of "The Initials," and "At Odds." 6s. EAST LYNNE. By Mrs. Woon. 6s. THE CHANNINGS. By the Author of "East Lynne." 6s. THE LAST OF THE CAVALIERS. 6s. MRS. HALIBURTON'S TROUBLES. By the Author of " East Lynne." Oa. THE INITIALS. By the Author of "Quits," and "At Odds." Cs. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street FRANCATEL LI'S COOK'S GUIDE. Fifteenth Thousand. 1,000 Recipes and 40 Illustra tions. ss. FRANCATELLI'S MODERN COOK. Fifteenth Edition. 1,500 Recipes and 60 Illustrations. 12s. WHAT TO DO WITH THE COLD MUTTON. 2s. 6d. EVERYBODY'S PUDDING BOOK. 2s. 6d. _ . _ . Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. THE NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF "LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET," &C. FOURTH EDITION.—This day, at every Library , in 3 vole. , lIENR Y DUNBAR. Three Editions of this most popular Novel have been exhausted in less than Three Weeks. The Fourth Edition was ready on June 1. Beyond all question, the New Novel, " Henry Dunbar," has ex cited more genuine public interest than any other work issued this year. Londcn : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. NEW NOVEL BY MR. C. J. COLLINS. This day at all Libraries, in 3 vols., THE MAN IN CHAINS. By the Author of " Sackville Chase," &e. London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. MR. W. S. W 0 ODIN'S ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY, and BACHELOR'S BOX, an Entirely New Entertainment, at the Polygraphic Hall, King William-street, Cnaring-cross, EVERY EVENINU, at eight (except Saturday); Saturday Mornings at three.— Stalls, and box stalls, 3s. ; area, 28. ; amphitheatre, is. A Plan of the Stalls may be seen, and Seats secured at the Hall from eleven to five. Next Morning Performance, Saturday, May 7, at three. MR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. JOHN PARRY, TO-NIGHT, at Eight, in THE PYRAMID. To be followed by THE BARD AND HIS BIRTHDAY, by William Brougn, Esq., sustained by Mr, and Mrs. German Reed ; and, for the first time, THE SEASIDE, or MRS. ROSELEAF OUT OF TOWN, by , Mr. John Parry. —ROYAL GALLERY of ILLUSTRATION, 14, Regent street. Unreserved seats, is., 25.; stalls, 35.; stall (spring) chairs, ss. T H 0 X F OR D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, the MERRY W IVES OF WINDSOR, by Otto Nicolai ; and UN BALLO IN MASCHERA ; sup ported by the whole of the Talented Company. Director. Mr. F. Jonghmans. Comedy by UNS WORT H and EUGENE, Mr. T. Maclagan, W. Randall, G. Hutchenson, G. W. Jester, Miss Nelly Power (the juvenile comedienne), &c., &o. Admission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balc3ny, le. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. Open every Evening. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road, London. THIS EVENING, Will be produced, with alterations and improvements in productlun, the Nen liiueion, ourpagAing. Anything yet attempted. entitled THE TERCEN TENARY ; or,a WIT 11 SHAKSPERE, written expressly by W. le. Vander yell, Esq., in which Mr. W. Randall will re-appear. - - - - - ALSO, PRINCE BLOSSOM; OR, THE FAIRIES OF THE MAGIC FOUNTAIN AND THE FOREST OF SHADOWS! "The figure of Fame, winged and trumpeted, passing' and repsssing through the Magic Fountain, is so complete an illusion that it wellnigh ceases to be illusory."—Morning Star, Feb. 19. Prince Blossom, Miss Townley. In addition to the usual Entertainments of the establish ment, supported by the whole of the talented company, in cluding Arthur Lloyd, Miss Nelly Powcr, Mr. T. Maclagan, (3. W. Tester, (to A fission—Area, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, is. MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street . --- NEW ADDITION. A full length portrait model of DR. COUTY DE LA POMMERAIS, the Poisoner, taken from the original photograph, by Mons. Trinquart, of Paris, from life, is now added to the Chamber of Physiognomy. Admittance, ls. ; Napoleon Rooms and Chamber of Horrors, 6d. extra. Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly, are OPEN every Evening.—On MOSDAY, June the 20th, for the BENEFIT' of M. G RENET , Manager, a Grand FESTIVAL DANsAN r ! Revival of popular Dances, new Dance Music, in addition to the unrivaled repertoire of this celebrated Band. Doors open at half-past Eight. Commence at Nine. Admission, Is. ➢lanager, M. Grenet. SALES BY AUCTION. Pinner.—Freehold Building Land. MR. ANDREW HIND will SELL by . AUCTION, in JULY, 23 ACRES of LAND, beauti fully situate near the village, and about a mile from the station. The plots will contain from half an acre to two acres and upwards. The estate is well wooded, and has a stream of water flowing through it Residents on this pro pertywill be entitled to the privileges of Harrow school, and the occur ant of each house of the value of £5O per annum will receive a free first-class railway ticket to London for 13 years. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's FREEHOLDS. —Mr. ANDREW HIND has 12 for SALE a Pair of Semi-detached 7-roomed VILLAS, pleasantly situate near a station, half an hour's ride from F a r r i ng d on -street. Price £550 ; part may remain. Now let at £22 each, but possession of one may be had. Will be sold separately if desired. City Central E •tate Offices, 1, Little Carter-lane, St. Pant's. 500 BUSINES J S U E N S E .- L N IS I T T. , ANDW. HIND'S Containing 500 Businesses, Premises, Partnerships, &c., Gratis. Letters, enclose stamp.—Particulars entered free. OFFICES—CORNER OF LITTLE CARTER-LANE, ST. PAUL'S. BUSINESS PREMISES. Mr. ANDREW HIND has to LET a spacious SHOP, 9 rooms and out buildings, at Marylebone. Rent £l2O. Lease 40 years. Premium 4100. Also the following :—Kingsland, rent £55 ; Hampstead-road, £l5O ; near Whitechapel, 455, &c. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. BUSINESS PREMISES WANTED.—Must be large, and suitable for manufacturing purposes. If with water-power will he preferred. Send particulars and terms to Mr. ANDREW HIND, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. MERCHANTS, MANUFACTURERS, TRADERS, AND EXECUTORS. ACCOUNTS arranged and adjusted, and Balance Sheets prepared.—Financial operations organised and Banking fa cilities arranged.—Cash Advances made on Trade Stock, Dock Warrants, and other Securities, and Sales effected.— The Agency of Provincial and Foreign Firms undertaken. Address, Messrs. BANKES and Co., Accountants, 20, Devereux-court, Strand, London, W.C. PRIZE MEDAL.-INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, ezc., &0., To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 1710.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to the excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A disti❑guished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says I com mend : " I have found th em f u ll y equa l to the recommendation which you gave them, an d can sincerely, in my turn, , them to the cl ergy f or t h e use o f th e a ltar.' Finest quality, with tatted Wicks, patented.. 2s, 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality „. i s. a per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. ls. sd. per lb. Second quality Is. ld. per lb. C a rriage paid in London on Ord ers of Five Pounds i n va l u e. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO , .". •••• Third quality .. ls. 3d. per lb. 8, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar IMPORTANT INFORMATION. DR. ROBERTS' POO R MAN'S FRIEND is confidently recommended to the Public as an unfail ing remedy for wounds of every description, burns, scalds, chilblains, scorbutic eruptions, sore and inflamed eyes, &c, Sold in pots. Is. lid. 2s. 9d., I ls., and 225. each. Al so his PiLIJLIE ANFISCROPHULIE, confirmed by sixty years' experience to be one of the best alterative medicines ever offered to the public. They form a mild and superior Family Aperient, that may be taken at all times without confine ment or change of diet. Sold in boxes, ls. lid., 2s. 9d., 45. ed., ils., and 228. each. Sold wholesale by the proprietors, Beach and Barnicott, Bridoort, by the London houses, and retail by all respectable Methane vendors in the United Kingdom and Colonies. Together with a Price List of purified Bedding, and a mass of valuable informatlonto all requiring househ)ld turniture, carpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, Wells, Oxford, Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington, Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, St. Aiban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great brita. COBBETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London. S.E. PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, in a cause William White and others v. Marian Lyons and another, the Creditors of MOSS LYONS, late of Doughty-street, in the county of Middlesex, Floor Cloth Manufacturer, who died in or about the month of February, 1864, are by their solicitors, on or before the Ist day of July, 1864, to come in and prove their debts at the chambers of the Vice-Chancellor Wood, at No. 11, New square, Lincoln's-inn, in the county of Middlesex ; or, in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree. Thursday, the 7th day of July, 1861, at 12 o'clock at neon, at the said chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudi cating upon the claims. Dated this 10th day of June, 1864. lIY. LEMAN, Chief Clerk. ASITURST, MORRIS, and CO., 6, Old Jewry, London, Plaintiff's Solicitors. OLDRID GE'S BALM of COLUMBIA stands unrivalled as a toilet requisite. It has been established 40 years, and is the best and only certain remedy ever discovered for preserving, strengthening, beautifying, or restoring the Hair, Whiskers, or Moustaches, and pre venting them turning gray or faling off.—Sold in bottles, 3s. 6d., 65., and 11s. by C. and A. OLDRIDGE, 22, Welling ton-street, Strand, W.C. ; and all chemists and perfumers. For Children's and Ladies' Hair it is most efficacious and unrivalled. Middle-Class Education, A deputation from the Council of the National Associa tion for the promotion of Social Science waited upon Lord Palmerston at Cambridge •house on Saturday to represent the expediency of issuing a Royal Commission to inquire into the grammar schools and other endowed schools in the United Kingdom not yet reported upon, and generally into the state of education of the middle classes. The deputation consisted of Lord Brougham (president), Earl Fortescue, the Bishop of London, Lord Lyttelton, Mr Samuel Gregson, M.P., Hon Arthur Kinnaird, M.P., Mr James Heywood, F.R.S., Mr Shaw-Lefevre, M.P., Mr Pollard-Urquhart, M.P., Sir J. G. Shaw-Lefevre, K. C. 8., Mr George W. Hastings(general secretary), Rev R. Burgess, Rev F. Dellamere, Rev David Melville, Rev H. J. Barton, the Archdeacon of Coventry, Mr Edwin Chadwick, C. 8., Mr Edgar, Mr M'Clelland, and Mr T. H. Bastard. Lord Brougham having introduced the deputation and explained its object and the great need experienced for such an inquiry, the following memorial was read by Mr G. W. Hastings : " The Council of the National Association for the Promo tion of Social Science desire to represent to your lordship the expediency of issuing a Royal Commisaion to inquire into the grammar schools in the kingdom and other en dowed schools not reported on, and this obtain much useful information as to the state of the education of the middle classes. The association has from year to year collected a large amount of evidence bearing upon the condition of middle-class education, and there has been a general con currence of opinion that it is at present in a most unsatis factory state. Several of the eminent men who have at our annual meetings filled the office ot President of the Depart ment of Education have expressed themselves strongly to this effect. Sir John Pakington, in his address in 1857, remarked that it was a great error to suppose that the only educational difficulties were those relating to the working classes. ' I know,' he said,— " That the middle classes find themselves in a position of great difficulty on this subject. It is the respectable tradesman, the small farmer, the clerk, and men ot that de scription who know not where to get education for their children, and who, practically speaking, pay very dearly for a bad article.' The Right Hon. William Cowper, in 1858, said,— " The education given in the middle-class and commer cial schools is, generally speaking, as faulty, in comparison with all other education, as it is bad in itself. It has great pretension and snow without substance or solidity. There is uo superintendence whatever.' There is no test of the capacity of the master and no test of the success of his teaching, The parents are left to judge, after their own uninstructed notions, of the excellence of the school, and generally pay most attention to what is really of the least importance.' Iu 1859 the Right Hon, C, B. Adderley pointed out that the middle class have reason to be dissatisfied with their present means of education, the private, comtnercial,and en dowed grammar schools of the country, and Sir John Shaw- Lefevre in 1861, speaking of the civil service examinations for appointments, which are filled up from the middle classes, as a practical test of the education they received, said— " 'I may mention the incredible failures in orthography, the miserable writing, the ignorance both of the elementary theory and practice of arithmetic. It is comparatively rare to find a candidate who can add correctly a moderately long column of figures, and many do not understand common notation so as to write down is figures a number described in words. When the examination extends to lingle3l4 com position, or history, the performances of some of the candi dates are poor beyond belief, and we are under the necessity of keeping the standard very low, in order to prevent the Inconvenience which would arise from an indiscriminate re jection.' Mr Nassau Senior, quoting, in his address to the Associa tion, last autumn, at Edinburgh, the above passage from his predecessor's observations, and enforcing it by his own opinion, proceeded to make the following suggestion : " The first step towards a remedy for this lamentable state of things is to know accurately the amount and the causes of the evil—and for this purpose I venture to propose that this Association petition the Crown to issue a Commis• sion to inquire into the present state of the education of the middle classes in the British islands, and to consider and report what measures, if any, are required for the extension of sound education to these classes.' " This recommendation of their President was duly con sidered by our Department of Education, and a resolution was unanimously passed requesting the Council to use their endeavours for the issue of such a Commission as was pro posed by Mr Senior. In perfarmance of the duty thus cast on them the Council approach your Lordship to-day, and they may be permitted to say that the recent loss incurred by the Association in the death of Mr Senior makes them the more solicitous that his advice, given on the last occasion of his performance of any public duty, should not be disre garded. The Council would further observe that full and searching inquiry has recently been made into the state of education among two considerable classes of_society ; the one by the commission to inquire into the revenues and management of certain colleges and schools, and the studies pursued and the instruction given therein; the other by the commission to inquire into the state of popular education in England ; that much valuable information was obtained in each case, and that considerable improvements, by legisla tion or otherwise, have already resulted, or may be expected to result, in the education of the children of the rich and those of the class who live by manual labour. These facts seem to constitute a claim for some inquiry on behalf of that large portion of her Majesty's:subjects who cannot look for the education of their children either to the great public schools on the one hand, or the national schools on the other. Earl Fortescue, in a work just published, has pofnted out the injustice of leaving this class in their present educational position, and has shown that an authoritative inquiry may be conducted on their behalf without involving any more interference with private instruction than has been the case with the commission already issued. This appears from the fact that there are in this country some hundreds of gram mar schools and other endowed schools, which have never yet formed the subject of adequate inquiry, and,which might probably be made available for supplying hi a great degree the want of efficient education for the middle classes. It is true that these foundations were inquired into by the Charity Commissioners, but the investigations of that body were mainly directed to the amount and use of the endowments and not to the education imparted in the schools. The Council would strongly urge on your lordship the necessity for in quiry into the whole condition and management of these in stitutions, and while dist,nctly disclaiming any recommen dation of interference with private schools they suggest that the investigations of a commission, if properly conducted, would probably lead to the communication of voluntary in formation, which would throw much light on the condition of middle class education and the beat means of improving it. For these reasons the counsel venture to urg .) on your lordship the favourable consideration of their request that a Royal Commission be issued for, hwith for the purposes they have above indicated. " BROUGHAM, President. " GEORGE W. HASTINGS, General Secretary." Lord Fortescne, the Bishop of London, Lord Lyttelton, Mr E. Chadwick, C 8., and Mr James Heywood supported the memorial. Lord PALMEILSTON admitted the importance of the sub ject, and promised to give it his best attention. The Galatea, 26 gun screw frigate, Capt. R. Maguire, ar rived at Spithead on Saturday from Corfu, Malta, and Gibraltar, with troops and invalids on board. She sailed from Corfu on the 2d inst., Malta on the 6th, and Gibraltar on the 12th. She brought the following troops from Corfu : —29th company of Royal Engineers—Second Capt. G. W. Stockley, Lieut Jones, 5 sergeants, 13 corporals, 73 privates, 16 women, and 16 children ; Staff of the Royal Engineers— Brevet-Major de Vere; Lieuts, Savi, Rowe, and English, Assist.- Surg. Meares ; Medical Staff—Surg.-Major Grant ; Ist class clerk of works Marshall ; 2,1 battalion, 4th Regi ment, 1 serg., 1 woman, and 2 children; Ist battation, 9th Regiment, 1 serg., 2 women, 9 children; 2d battalion, 9th Regiment, 2 men, 1 woman, and 1 child; Commissariat Staff Corps, 3 men and 2 women; barrack department, 6 men, 5 women, and 29 children; prison staff, 4 men, 3 women, and 17 children ; two widows of soldiers and 5 children. From Malta the Galatea brought as invalids from regiments in the garrison, 5 sergeants, 3 corporals, 97 privates, 8 women, 22 children. The Galatea steamed into Portsmouth harbour and landed the troops from Corfu at the dockyard on Satur dayforwarded on by the military a u th orit i es to A ld ershot b y t h e afternoon, the 29th company of Royal Engineers being South-Western Railway at 4 p an., and t h e rema i n d er to t h e depots of their respective regi ments. The inval i ded sold i ers will be landed from the ship to-day and forwarded to the Royal Military Hospital at Netley. A few naval invalids brought home in the ship were transferred on Saturday to her Majesty's ship Victory and the Royal Naval Hospital at Haslar, The hired sailing transport Star of India, Capt. Morris, arrived at Spithead on Saturday with time-expired and in valided soldiers on board from India, having sailed from Bombay on Feb. 26, and called in at St. Helena on May 6. The officers accompanying the troops on board consist of Lieut. Budgen, 82d Foot, Capt Robinson, 89th, Capt Lloyd and Lieut. Sharpe, 98th. The troops comprise 22 sergeants, 330 men, of whom 150 are invalids and the remainder time expired men, 24 women, and 33 children. The whole will be disembarked to-day under the supervision of Col. Shad well, Assist. Quartermaster-General, the invalids sent on to Netley, and the remainder to their regimental depots. The Walmer Castle, hired sailing transport, Capt. Orms by, arrived at Spithead yesterday from Bombay with troops and passengers as follows :—From K urrac h ee —B reve t- Major M'Bean, V.C., 93 d Regiment; Capt. Malthus, 94th ; Lieut. Burgoyne, 93d ; Lieut. Parkinson, 82d; 266 men from various corps serving in India, 21 women and 25 children. From Bombay—Mrs Westrop, 2 children and servant; Mrs B. J. Poner. From St. Helena—The Rev. Mr and Mrs Helps, 4 children and 2 servants ; 2 soldiers and 1 woman of the St. Helena Regiment. One birth and 11 deaths occurred during the voyage home. The disembarkation of the troops on board the Walmer Castle will tale place to-day at the same time and under the same supervision as these on board the Star of India. The Atalanta, hired sailing transport,also arrived at Spit head yesterday from India, with a part of the 74th R egi. went on board from Madras, whence she sailed on the Bth of March, calling in at St. Helena on the 9th of May. From the latter place she brought a mail, which was landed at Portsmouth yesterday. The Atalanta entered Spithead by the western channel, but before reaching the anchorage she was met by Mr James Garrett's (Lloyd's agent) cruising cutter, and received from her instructioas to proceed to Gravesend, where the 74th are ordered to disembark, and she consequently passed through Spithead to the eastward without anchoring. The remainder of the 74th are hourly expected in the Hornet, which vessel will be sent on, like the Atalanta, to Gravesend. The Channel Fleet at Spithead is engaged filling up with coal, provisions, and stores, in readiness to proceed to the Baltic, should its presence be required in that quarter. Every ship in the fleet is in the most perfect order. The Pearl, 21, screw corvette, Capt. J. Borlase, C. 8., was paid out of commission at Portsmouth yesterday, under the superintendence of Captain F. Scott, C. 8., and Aicde•de- Camp to the Queen, commanding her Majesty's Victory. James Hawton, coxswain of the Pearl's launch, and John Stone, captain of the mast, received a silver medal and gra tuity for long service. ; The paddlewheel stoamsloop Bulldog, 6, Capt. Charles Wake, left Plymouth Sound on Saturday afternoon for Bermuda. The screw steamship Lion, 68, at Devonport, went into the Channel on Saturday to test her engines and machinery, preparatory to receiving Capt. Arthur Farquhar, and the crew of the Hogue, the duties of which ship in the Coast guard are to be performed by the Lion. The paddlewheel steamsloop Gladiator, 6, Capt. Francis 11. short, having discharged her freight of Irish provisions at Devonport, was towed on Saturday from the Victualling Yard, to the Dockyard, to be stored and victualled with all despatch. It is probable that she will be ready for sea to • day, and that she will be sent on troop service to the Wrest Coast of Africa. On Friday and Saturday the C, G, E, and II troops of I the 16th Lancers arrived at Colchester, where they will occupy the recently-erected cavalry barracks. The head quarters of the regiment will be at Colchester, and two troops have been sent to Ipswich and two to Birming ham. A party of dismounted men has also arrived at Colchester. It is not expected that the regiment, which is under the command of Colonel Dickson, will remain more than a year in England, as it stands first on the list for India, and will doubtless proceed to the east in the course of 1865. The detachment stationed at Ipswich is under the command of Major Burnell. In accordance with the finding of a district court-martial held at Aldershott, Troop Sergeant-Major Morton, sth battalion Military Train, has been convicted of having, in his capacity of pay-sergeant, received discount on moneys r a i g a r ar e i s a armys expended for vegetables, Sec., supplied to the men of the battalion, and been sentenced to be reduced to the ranks. The charge was brou g h t by Mr. Durston, lately manager to Messrs Chidell Br o th ers, army contractors, the offence alleged being in contr avention of par. 29, p. 154, Queen ' s R v i e d g u u a l l a o ti f o w n s h . a t e r y e h r k i s rank r gratuity in the shape of di scount, or under any other deno mination or pretence, on payment for articles furnished or work done for the troop s : , i f a o l r l o ovs : receive '( any N o f i e n e d o i At the court martial Sergeant- Major Morton pleaded his entire innocence of the offence charged against him, denied having received any discount from the complainant or bis late employers, and asked to be allowed legal assistance. This application was refused. The finding of the court martial was read to the prisoner at the sergeant's mess of the battalion on Thursday morning, and was then carried out, A Memorandum has since been issued, in which the Lieute nant -General commanding, while calling attention to the case and to the paragraph above quoted, mentions his expectation that commanding officers of regiments will afford him their best assistance in ena bli ng him to eradicate the system of discount given and received on payment of articles furnished to the troops—" a system which not only engenders discontent among pri vate soldiers, because it is prejudicial to their interests, but induces and promotes fraud and dishonesty among pay-ser geants and others." The memorandum concludes by ex pressing the determination of the lieutenant-general com manding to bring to trial a ny person under his command who may be reported for receiving discount, either directly or indirectly, and to visit upon the offender the utmost penalty the court martial may award. The headquarters of the Scots Greys under the command of Colonel H. D. Griffith, C. 8., arrived at the North Camp Aldershot, on Thursday, from Birmingham, via Reading. The strength of the regiment in marching in was—officers, 30—sergeants, 38—rank and file, 510 — officers' chargers, 65 —troopers, 365. The women and children of the regiment are still at Birmingham, Coventry, and Weedon, where they will probably remain until the regiment moves into barracks. The Aldershot Camp Industrial Exhibition will be opened at the Clubhouse at noon on Wednesday , the 20th inst., by the Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal Commanding-in- Chief, who early extended his patronage to the undertaking. The idea was originated by Lieut.-Col. Ponsonby, com manding the 2d battalion 12th Regina.. and was first car ried out by that battalion at Dublin under his superin tendence, and with signal success. The articles to be ex hibited will be divided into two cla sses --first, those in vented or made by officers, noncommissioned officers, and men now quartered at Aldershott, or by their wives and children ; and, second, of articles collected by officers, non commissioned officers, and men now quartered at Alder shott, or by their wives and children (bona fide their own property), during the course of their servi ce i n var i ous par t s of the world. Th e e xhibition will b e open until the 14th of July (Sundays excepted), and the sum received for ad mission at the doors will go to defray general expenses, and any surplus will be divided among c ommittees of regiments and corps exhibiting. detaching from the Aldershot division, The flying column, under the command of Major General Russell, consisting of the 6th Dragoon Guards, the Royal Horse Artillery, de tachments of the Royal Engineers, Military Train, and the 37th and 87th Regiments, after encamping at Sandhurst for several days,,in accordance with instructions, returned to Aldershot on Wednesday, and took part in the evolutions of a field-day on Thursday. officer, Major-General \V. Sage. The deceased served as an di s ti ngu i s hed Indian We have to record the dea t h of a ensign in Rewah in 1812, and as a lieutenant in the Nepaul war in 1815, for which he received a med a l . H e was as a major with the army of the Indus in Affghanistan, and at the storming and capture of Ghuzneo. A medal was awarded him for his services on that occasion. He was the brigadier who commanded the Saugor field force, and during the great mutiny of 1857 he held the fort of Saugor with, a small and inadequate garrison during upwards of seven months, under trying circumstances, and until relieved by the force under Sir Hugh RO6O. 3. That the Government of Japan has also been induced by this same fear to make with other Europeua nations and with the United States treaties generally similar to that which it has cm-icluded with her Majesty. 4. That under the above named treaty British subjects are entitled to claim admission into certain portions of the territory of Japan without being subject to the jurisdiction of its Government, her Majesty having taken upon herself the obligation of enforcing on their part good conduct and obedience to the law. 5. That the reports of her Majesty's diplomatic servants show that her Majet.lty has not been able to fulfil this obli gation; the provisions of the statutes authorising her Majesty's consuls to try and punish British subjects for offences committed in Japan, and the means available for carrying these laws in to effect, have proved altogether in sufficient to prevent gross outrages and insults from being inflicted on the people of Japan by British subjects and persons assuming that character. 5. That the animosity against foreigners excited in the minds of the Japanese by these outrages and insults has in creased the repugnance , long felt by the most powerful classes among them to in creased intercourse with European nations, and has led to tl'le perpetration of some murders and several daring and desperate attacks upon foreigners, diplomatic servants and other subjects of her Majesty having been among the Bull :rers from these acts of violence. 7. That the Government, of the Tycoon has professed the strongest desire to prevent title commission of these crimes and to punish their perpetrato rs, but has declared itself un able to do so; nor does there appear to be any reason to doubt the truth of these declarations, since two Tycoons and a Regent of Japan have themselves been murdered ; and one of the principal Ministers narrowly escaped the same fate, owing to the hostility they had incurred from being supposed to favour an increased intercourse with foreigners. 8. That in order to enforce a demand made by her Ma jesty's Government of redress for the murder of a British subject it was found necessary to undertake hostile operations against one of the Daimios, in the course of which consider able loss was experienced by her Majesty's ships and a large and flourishing Japanese town was burnt to the ground. 9. That this experience of what has already taken place leaves little hope for the future of its being possible to avert fresh collisions between herM,ljesty's subjects and the Japa nese if the existing arrangemonts for regulating the inter course between them are maintained unaltered; and if such collisions should occur they must sooner or later lead to a war which would necessarily cost many lives and much money both to this country and to Japan, and would pro bably bring upon the latter the hea vy calamities of general anarchy and confusion, from the destruction of its existing Government, while there would be no means of creating any other authority to replace it. _ _ 10. That, apart from all higher considerations, the true interests of this country, and especially its permanent com mercial interests, require that such calamitous results should not be risked by maintaining the existing treaty with Japan unaltered, and that it is desirable that the provisions of this treaty should be so modified as to place tha future inter course of the two nations on a better footing for the future. 11. That it would therefore be advisable that her Ma jesty's servants should without delay enter into friendly communication with the Government of Japan and with the Governments of other nations having treaties with Japan similar to our own, for the purpose of determining what changes it would be expedient to make in the provisions of these treaties. 12. That an humble address bo presented to her Majesty to lay before her Majesty the substance of the foregoing re solutions, and humbly to pray that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to take the same into her serious con sideration, with the view of adopting such measures as may be found best calculated to avert war between this country ant Japan, and to provide an increase of trade and friendly intercourse between the two nations to their mutual advantage. The Second Trial Trip of Mr, Coxwell's New Balloon, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The balloon left the gardens of the Crystal Palace at seven o'clock on the 13th inst., with a temperature of 62 deg. When 300 feet above the ground the temperature was 59 deg., and declined gradually to 51} deg. at the height of 3,100 feet above the level of the sea. The balloon then fell to 2,500 feet. The temperature increased to 53 deg. ; then declined to 46 deg. on the balloon rising to 3.500 feet. We kept on this level for 20 minutes, and the variations in temperature were very small. From 7h. 35m. to 7h. 50m. the height of the balloon varied but little from 2,700 feet, with a temperature varying from 51 deg. to 52 deg., being the same as when we first reached the eleva tion. At 7h. 54m. the height was 2,000 feet, and from that time to reaching the earth, at Bh. 14m., the tempe rature was 53 deg. without variation. On the ground it was found to be 534 deg. The temperature on the earth during the flight of the balloon had decreased from 9to 10 degrees. The air at the height of 600 feet above the sea had decreased by about 6 degrees between ascending and descending, but at heights exceeding 2,000 feet no change had taken place. The temperature at which water was deposited on bright substances was 44 deg. on the ground, 40 deg. at 2,500 feet high, and 38 deg. at 3,000 feet. The degree of humidity of the air was 51 deg. on the ground on starting, complete saturation being represented by 100 ; it was between 60 and 70 in the air till 7h. 50m., and then increased to 77 on the ground. A very delicate blackened bulb thermometer in the full rays of the sun read from 1 to 10 degrees above another delicate thermometer placed near to it with its bulb shaded from the sun's rays. At times, when so situated that the sun did not shine on the blackened bulb, the two thermo meters were alike. The sky was cloudless, the air was clear, excepting in the direction of London, and the successive views at the ordi nary elevation we reached were very beautiful. Shooter's hill and the several known localities were dwarfed to plains. At the height of 3,000 feet sheep were easily distinguished, but the earth seemed to without inhabitants, as the naked eye could with difficulty distinguish man. The river was seen to its mouth—the white cliffs at Margate were just seen through mist—the horizon was misty all round. The contrast between the thiokly studded towns and villages in Kent and the few in Essex was very marked. There were in the car of the balloon, besides Mr Coxwell and myself, the following officers :—The Hon. R. A, J. Talbot, and Mr Charles Needham, of the Ist Life Guards ; the Hon. W. B, Cust, Grenadier Guards ; Capt. T. Leslie, Mr Mylles B. B. Adderley, Mr F. G. Burnaby, Mr H. Emerson Westcar, and Mr J. Boswell, of the Royal Horse Guards; and Captain Turner, of the Rifle Brigade. All these officers enjoyed the magnificent views so much that at times I think they forgot their position in the car of the balloon, being themselves insensible of any motion, and all regretted our proximity to Sea Reach, which compelled Mr. Coxwell to descend. The balloon touched the earth at a quarter past 8, on tho farm of Mr. Squier, about five miles from Brentwood. Blackheath, June 18. JAMES GLAUBER,. Mit. KIIIIE'S CONCERT.—The recital of classical and modern pianoforte music by this consummate artist, announced to be given at th orn Queen's Concert Room, Hanover-square, on Thursday, prises a great treat to all lovers of first class music worthily interpreted. ENGLISH ROADS IN THE SEVENTEENTH CEN TURV.—So bad were some of the roads, that it was not at all uncommon, when a family intended to travel, for servants to be sent on beforehand to investigate the coun try and report upon the most promising track. Fuller tells us that during his time he frequently saw as many as six oxen employed in dragging slowly a single person to church. Waylen says that 800 horses were taken prisoners at one time during the civil ware by Cromwell's forces, "while sticking in the mud." Many improvements were made in modes of conveyance during the century. A. kind of stage coach was first used in London about 1608 ; towards the middle of the century they were gradually adopted in the metropolis, and on the better highways around London. In no case, however, did they attempt to travel at a greater s peed than three miles an hour. Before the century closed stage coaches were placed on three principal roads in the kingdom —namely, those between London and York, Ches ter, and Exeter. This was only for the summer season; "during winter," in the words of Mr Smiles, "they did not run at all, but were laid up for the season, like ships during Arctic frosts." Sometimes the roads were so bad, even in summer, that it was all the horses could do to drag the coach along, the passengers, per force, having to walk for miles together. With the York coaoh especially the difficulties were really formidable. Not only were the roads bad, but the lo'w midland counties wart particularly liable to floods, when. during their prevalence it was nothing unusual for passengers to remain at some town [ en route for days together, until the roads were dry..—Ber Majesty's 13fatils. "A whole treasure-house of learning," said Dean Stanley yesterday in Westminster Abbey, " has descended into the untimely grave" of William Cureton, the most eminent Syriac scholar in Eng land, and almost in Europe. Dr. Cureton, a canon of Westminster, and rector of St. Margaret's, chap lain in ordinary to the Queen, and the royal trustee of the British Museum, died on Friday morning at his country seat, Westbury, near Shrewsbury. The doctor had received a shock on the railway, some where near Streatham, about a year ego, and not more than three days before his death had obtained from the company an unusually large amount of compensation, £3,170, for himself and his little daughter, who had sustained som injuries. But his last illness was attributable in a much greater degree to recent annoyances and disappointments. He has never been well since an unexpected occurrence at the close of last year; he went to his seat in Shrop shire a brokensdown invalid some weeks ago ; a n d there he sickened and died of rheumatic fever. There can be no doubt that his death is a very con. siderable loss to the world of letters, and, as the Dean of Westminster truly remarked yesterday, he has left no one to fill his place in the peculiar line of scholarship which he had marked out for himself from his early manhood. _ William Cnreton, D.D., F.R.S., a member of the French Institute and of nearly every learned society in Europe, was born about 1808. There is no secret about his early struggles in life, which Dean Stanley twice feelingly alluded to yesterday. One circumstance should be indeed recorded to his honour. He inherited from his father a small in come which might have enabled him to enter as a commoner at the nnivers city, bat this he resigned to his mother who was not left very well provided for, and matricu lated in the humble position of servitor of Christ Church. In Michaelmas term, 1830, he gra duated as a double third class, when the Bishop of Salisbury, Dr. Manning, the Rev. William Palmer, and the Rev. H. W. Wilberforce (the latter three converts to Rome) were first class men. In 1834, shortly after his ordination as priest, when he was a chaplain of Christ Church, he became sub-librarian of the Bodleian Library at Oxford, in succession to the Rev. Ernest Hawkins, now secretary of the S.P.G. and prebendary of St. Paul's. In 1837 he removed to London, on his appointment as assist ant keeper of the MSS. in the British Museum, at which post he remained, working diligently, till 1849, when he received a canonry at Westminster, to which an act of Parliament—which all Church men condemn, and always have condemned—had attached or bound the rectory of the great parish of St. Margaret's. Two years previously be had been appointed chaplain in ordinary to the Queen —an honour due to the remarkable character of his literary labours, which secured the hearty patronage of the late Prince Consort. Dean Stanley spoke yesterday of the late canon as a man of truthfulness, candour, perseverance, and honesty, as hating subterfuges and shams, and as always avoiding controversial intolerance. Cer tainly due honour was paid to the doctor yesterday, for the Dean preached in the morning at St. Mar garet's, and in the afternoon in the Abbey, in his honour. At three services was the " Dead March in Saur' played, and all the anthems and psalms in the abbey and the church were of a funereal character. Dr. Cureton married about 18 years ago the daughter of Mr. Blore, the eminent architect, by whom he leaves a large family, an infant only a few months old being the youngest. Two of his sons are at Westminster School. It was Mrs. Cureton who executed the facsimile of the MSS. on the authority of which the Spioo text, e4'• the Epistles of Sr. Ignatius is based. For her and her family much sympathy is expressed in West minster, and, whatever may be the differences which estranged the doctor from his parishioners, there is no difference on this point. It only remains to be added formally that Dr. Cureton was honorary D.D. of Halle, corresponding member of the Institute of France, and of the Oriental Society of Germany, member of the Asiatic Society of Paris, honorary member of the Historico-Theological Society of Leipsic, &c. In fact, he was universally honoured abroad, and, by scholars, at home, and it is much to be regretted that he was ever placed in a position which he could not fill with comfort to himself or satisfaction to his parishioners. DEATH OF PROFESSOR JAMES MILLER, OF EDINBURGH.—This eminent surgeon and medical author expired on Friday morning last. He was born in 1812, the son of a minister, and received his education from his father till he was entered at the University of St. Andrew's. He studied medicine at Edinburgh as pupil of the great Liston, whose assistant he became, and whom he virtually succeeded in his practice when Liston came up to kettle in London. He became M.D. and Licentiate of the College of Surgeons, and in 1842 was elected Professor of Surgery in the University of Edinburgh. He was also Professor of Anatomy at the Royal Academy, Surgeon in Ordinary to the Queen for Scotland, a Fellow of the Royal Society, and he held a long list of important appointments in connection with the hospitals and public institutions of Edinburgh. His literary works are highly esteemed. The principal are "A System of Surgery," and "Surgical Ex , perience of Chloroform." He was, moreover, the author of the article on surgery in the new edition of the "Encyclo paedia Britannica." Two MEN DROWNED AT ABERDEEN. —Friday, during the breakfast hour, three young men, ap prentice carpenters in Messrs. Hall's shipbuilding -yard, Aberdeen, were taking a pleasure sail in a boat in the har bour. The boat missed stays, and there being some wind at the time, it filled with water and settled down, all the three on board being thrown out. The dockmaster (Mr. Lep) and others at onoe put off in boats, and succeeded in res cuing one of the young men, named M'lntosh, who was taken home and is expected to recover. The other two, however, named Milne and Robb, were drowned. The ag es of the young men varied from 17 to 21. THE ALLEGED MURDER AT ANERLEY.--App RE4 HENSION OF THEoSUSPECTED ThomsonM EN . - T a t° I s g e h r g e t a h n e act Thomas tivitY from t e h k e ili detective department of the metropolitan police, Scotland-yard, the supposed murderers of Louisa D yer have been apprehended and conveyed to the lock-up. The excitement in the district is very great, and as the hor rible nature of the outrage becomes more publicly dissemi nated the feelings of disgust and abhorrence of the perpe trators of such a dreadful crime increase in intensity. It is anticipated that the two suspected men will be taken before the local bench this morning. A VERY OLD JOKE rechaujee (in the Saturday Review).—" My dear fellow," said an old and intimate col lege friend to another, looking down from the balcony of St. James's Hall over the crowd of bonnets below, " do just take the trouble to count in the second block, far away in that corner of the room, the sixth and seventh places of the eighth row ; there are two of the most astonishing figures I ever beheld in my life; you must look at them—one looks so like a cook, and the other so like a housemaid." "I see them," his friend answered very quietly—" the cook is my aunt, and the housemaid is my conoin." MR. MATTHEW MARSHALL.--Mr. Matthew Mar shall, whose name has been so long prominently and honourably identified with the Bank of England, has just resigned his responsible office as chief cashier. Mr. Mar shall's labours in the service of the Bank extend over no less a period than 54 years, for 29 of which he has been chief cashier. His retirement now, at 73 years of age, is solaced by a well-deserved tribute on the part of those in whose employment he has passed a lung and laborious life. FRIGHTFUL EXPLOSION. —On the 26th ult. a train was conveying a number of soldiers and negroes and four torpedoes from Newbern to Bachelor Crest, West Carolina, the latter inten d e d to complete the blockade of the Neuse river in the direction of Kingston. The last of the four was about reaching the station platform, wh en an accidental blow from a log of wood striking upon the cap exploded the torpedo. The concussion was so great that the other three followed on the explosion of the first, and so quick as to make but one mighty report like the crash of a thousand pieces of artillery fired simultaneously. Heads, b o di es , and limbs were scattered for a quarter of i mile around, and in many instances it was found impossible to re cognise the remains of the unfortunate victims. The signal tower and a commissary building, 20ft by 80ft, built of logs, were thrown into the air a distance of 800 ft, and Armed the country for a great distance around with the fragments Forty soldiers and negroes were killed. (TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.) Sir,—Herewith I send yon a copy of iny log re specting the engagement between the Confede rate steamer Alabama and the Federal steamer Kearsage : " Sunday, June 19, 9 a.m.—Got up steam and proceeded out of Cherbourg harbour. " 10 30.—Observedtthe Alabama steaming out of the harbour towards the Federal steamer Kearsage. " 11 10..—The Alabama commenced firing with her starboard battery, the distance besween the contending vessels being about one mile. The Kearsage immediately replied with her starboard guns; a very sharp, spirited firing was then takes up, shot sometimes being varied by shells. In manceavring both vessels made seven complete circles at a distance of from a quarter to half a mile. At 12 a slight intermission was observed in the Alabama's firing, the Alabama making h ea d sa il , and shaping her course for the land, distant about nine miles. "At 12.30 observed the Alabama to be disabled and in a sinking state. We immediately made to wards her, and on passing the Kearsage were re• quested to assist in saving the Alabama's crew. " At 12,50, when within a distance of 200 yards, the Alabama sunk. We then lowered our two boats, and, with the assistance of the Alabama's whale boat and dingy, succeeded in saving about 40 men, including Captain Semmes and 13 officers. At 1 p.m. we steered for Southampton." I may state that, before leaving, the Kearsage was apparently much disabled. The Alabama's loss, so far as at present ascertained, in killed and wounded, &c., was as follows—viz., one officer and one man drowned, big men killed, and one officer and 16 men wounded. Captain Semmes received a slight wound in the right hand, The Kearsage's boats were, after some delay, lowered, and, with the assistance of a French pilot boat, succeeded in picking up the remaining sur- vivore. JOHN LANCASTER. Steam Yacht Deerhound, off Cowes, June 19. PARIS, JUNE 20. The Ilioniteur of this morning gives the follow ing accouut of the destruction of the Alabama. The Alabama left the port of Cherbourg at 11.30 a.m. The engagement with the Kcarsage commenced at noon, when a violent cannonade was heard. The Alabama, being pursued by the Kearsage, made all her speed to reach Cherbourg, but shortly after one o'c ock she sunk. The Germano-Danish War, The followiug letter was received by the secretary of the committee of Lloyd's on Saturday " Iforeign Office, June 18. Sir:—.l am direct.a.l by Earl Russeltlio iequaint ou, for the information of the Committee of - 1416Yd's, that lier Majesty's Minister at Copenhagen has reported, that the Danish Government has not yet determined upon the length of node:: to be given to British snipping, in the event o the re-establislancnt of a blockade of the (lc rman ports, but that some delay will certainly to allowed.—l am, Sir, yours &c„ " E. HAMMOND," TAMBURINI has been singing in Florence at a concert of the " Societa Filarmonica Florentine." He was received with immense applause. A DISGRACEFUL INSINUATION.—The escape of the Government with a majority of seven, in a house of 459 members, on Friday evening, will not relegate to oblivion the crimes of its policy or the proofs of its ad ministrative impotence on the Gold Coast. The infamous levity with which the question was treated by Ministers must still demand a censure from the country. If the Le gislature failed in its duty, and a desperate " whip" gathered in the Whig lobby at least 50 Whig parasites who had not heard the debate, and perhaps were not in a condition to know how they were voting, public opinion will redress the bitter wrong, the murderous injury inflicted upon British soldiers by a Cabinet whose orators find an excuse for mirth in an act of wholesale homicide.—Standard. Af a d th r rebuff f 10 th t United WlTTY stat EL es SlEnNfanTltNryre.--cenAtlylieumettewniathn lieutenant Fort Kearney. The lieutenant was promenading- in full uniform one day, and approached a volunteer on sentry, who challenged him with " Halt I who comes there ?" The with an indignant "A ss 1" The i came—" Adv ance, Ass, 9nd elixepurteesnsaendt,hiwtftecloinngtempt in every lineament of his f ace , give the reeopulnyt,eraspitgnan.Llecwk, York Sun. TILE MIDLAND COUNTIES.--Up to the present time the prospects of harvest in the agricultural district of Worcestershire, Herefordshire, and Gloucester araittuhaetrionpsreiscipuitoawtedprothgreesthanyg, h an ar d ve s s o t m , e w f h ew ich Gloucester shire are altogether f avoura b le. The long drought has n ri c i s ear l yhav e been made, In other places it will be delayed until the effects of the rains in the last few days shall have been felt. Tho corn is looking well, almost universally— wheat, barley, beans, and oats. The wheat is coming into ear, and the critical time of blossoming is at hand, during which fine calm weather is very desirable. At present the weather is rather unsettled. Beans are promising, although the winter beans were destroyed by the frost in many places, and had to be replanted. The hops in Worcestershire and Herefordshire are in a very forward and promising state, and, uncertain as this crop is, at present the chances are in favour of a good return. Potatoes and peas are early and prolific. The fruit crops promise to be the moat abundant ever known. The smaller fruit—gooseberries, currants, &c.—are remarkably prolific, plums are abundant, and apples and pears —especially the former —hang thickly on the trees, and promise a rare produce of perry and cider. Altogether the season promises to be on the whole a more abundant one than the bountiful season of 1863. THE BRITISH SE.—See how, in these days, the publican is constantly leading the human horse (and ass) to the gin and water, and compelling him to drink, whether he will or no. He plants his house at a corner with swing-doors on all sides,like so many man-traps, while he blazons his wall with g olden le g ends whi ch tell of all that is fine, and pu re, and double diamon ds , and old in drink. He sits lik e a syren gilded rock, and regards all mankind as rst ; and one organ—th roat. Enter temple 'of the ono sense, an d you leave all hs c h r a u ivr s itng tf crusted shirt - sleeves ot appetite—thi rst; thi s glittering liberty of action behind, Suppose you are weary, and seat yourself on an empty barrel for a little while without useandthere imme diately ordering refreshment. Th e pu b lican looks at you W Y i o t u no a u r t e h a av p in re g tt a y ny f t e h ll i o n w g to rep r oachfully, y as ho much as her come n to drink." If you are slo w t o take the hint in looks, he toy ‘e‘ will soon remind you of your duty in words, 4i New, sir, what can I serve you with ?,, Order an Abernethy biscuit and a glass of water, and see how he will look at you? He keeps biscuits merely to oblige his cus tomers, to accommodate the women chiefly; and heart cakes to beguile the children while father remains to have another glass. Biscuits, as a transaction per se, he regards as an irregularity, only to be permitted o n rare and special occasions, and only then under protest. As to water in its native purity, without the admixture of something strong —something that is worthy of exact measurement and can be charged for—that is altogether out of the question. Monstrous I He can scarcely bring himself to administer to the weary urchin who comes in to beg a drink of water in the name of charity. He feels it beneath his dignity to dispense such poor stuff. Throughout all the branches of the trade there is a mad dog's horror of water as such. If you go to a brewery and mention the word "water," you are immediately fined for the offence in gin ; if you go to a distillery and mention the word " water," you are fined for the offence in beer. Say "liquor," and you are safe. The publican has no objection to aqua vitae, or can do vie; but call it the water of life, and he will be more shocked than if you wed bad language,—Dickens's All the Year bound." NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF "ST. OLAVE'S." Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., JANIT A'S Clto S S. By the Author of "St. Olave's." " A very char ring work, delightful to read, and deserving to be remembered."—Sun. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready all at the Libraries, in 3 vols., MA T T I E. A STRAY. By the Author of "No Church," " Owen : A Waif," &c. "The story of Mattie is fully worthy of the author's high reputation. The interest is well sustained throughout, and the descriptive passages are given with unusual power. It bids fair to be one of the most popularnovels of the season." —John Bull. Hurst and Blacke t, 13, Great Marlborough-street.